Let’s start off by stating that alternative modes of transport are important and very much needed as Malta faces ever increasing transport problems. An increase of 56 cars per day on our roads...

At the end of July the Nationalist Party completed its four-month exercise to first confirm Bernard Grech as its leader and move away from a two-deputy leader system to having just one. In this...

The news cycle is constantly moving. What was making headlines six months ago is vastly different to what is making headlines today. Back in February, the recovery from the Covid19 pandemic...

PL MEP Alfred Sant hit the nail on its head with a recent comment he made about Malta’s road infrastructure. He said that too many road works are taking place at the same time. In a post on...

The authorities have once again declined to give information about the cost of the Malta Film Awards event. In a reply to a Freedom of Information request submitted by The Malta Independent, the...

The results of the 2021 census carried out by the Statistics Office confirmed what we have all known, or suspected, for years. Malta’s population has increased substantially, rising by 25%...

If cyclists are saying that bicycle lanes in Malta are a joke, then they are. Cyclists who make use of road cycle lanes are of the opinion that these are being designed by people who never rode a...

The nation has a tendency to love politicians and treat them as deity and hate those who challenge them, including journalists, a senior media lecturer told this newsroom in an interview published on...

Like every one of us, President George Vella has a right to his opinions and, as a newspaper that believes in freedom of expression, we will be the first to defend him if this right is...

A year has now passed since the public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death found that the state was responsible for creating an environment and culture of impunity which ultimately led...